Music God’s Son Duets: A History Of Nas Collabo Albums

God’s Son searches the Harlem crowd for a rapper he hasn’t promised to do an album with.

Besides Dr. Dre’s Detox, there’s nothing more elusive in the world of hip-hop than the collaboration album. Rappers (not named Plies) have a hard enough time putting out one album, yet they keep promising to collaborate with other high-profile MCs on duet albums. 99% of the time, it ain’t happenin’.

But what about a reggae artist? It was reported today that Nas is going to record an album with Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley about “the 'hood and Africa.” Whether or not this is a good idea is beside the point, because the album probably won’t come out. In fact, this isn’t the first time Nas has promised to collaborate with another artist for a full-length LP. Check out our history of Nas’ ill-fated collaboration albums…